Minor League Ball Gameday, Thursday, July 28th

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Thursday, July 28th version of Minor League Ball Gameday. Here are some items for your discussion and consideration and edification.

****Rookies Jon Gray of the Colorado Rockies and Alex Dickerson of the San Diego Padres make an appearance in Ray Guilfoyle’s most recent Roto Roundup at Faketeams.

****Spencer Bingol at Beyond the Boxscore looks at the potential trade value of Minnesota Twins right-hander Ervin Santana.

****Matt Eddy at Baseball America looks at the prospect paths of new Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr and Mike Piazza.

****With Ichiro Suzuki closing in on the milestone, James Smyth at The Hardball Times looks at some of the most famous 3,000th hits in history, going back to Cap Anson.

****Also at The Hardball Times, Frank Jackson looks at the triumvirate of "teenage to middle age" pitchers: Herb Pennock, Bert Blyleven, and Mike Morgan, the only pitchers in major league history who were active in MLB at age 19 and at age 40.